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Woman stabs man, makes false police report

A debt dispute turned violent on Tuesday evening when a 23-year-old woman allegedly stabbed a man who had confronted her about money she owed him. The suspect, Mouldy Chinhengo Takaidza of Hobhouse, Mutare, has since been arrested and is f…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:03hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter

Minister accuses media of peddling falsehoods

Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services, has accused certain online publications of spreading falsehoods regarding strategic and operational matters within the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZB…

Published: 18 May 2024 at 12:40hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Man arrested for making a false report to the Police

A 41 year old man has been arrested in Bulawayo on allegations of making a false report after he was involved in an accident last month before reporting that the vehicle had been stolen.Investigations revealed that the vehicle he was drivi…

Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mahere falsehoods trial stalls

THE trial in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzai Mahere is accused of publishing falsehoods has stalled amid reports that a key witness is nowhere to be found.Mahere landed in the dock after she allegedly…

Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 19:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa govt's fake mega-deals raised false hopes

IN the run-up to the 30 July 2018 elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa repeatedly claimed that Zimbabwe had attracted investment commitments amounting to over US$16 billion since he took over power from his late mentor Robert Mugabe.Som…

Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Is it a crime to publish false news?

EARLIER this month, reports circulated on social media alleging that a police officer in Harare had struck a woman with his baton and killed a baby strapped on her back. The police issued a denial, saying that the police officer had tried …

Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:25hrs | 13 | by Veritas

3 years of false promises

IT is now three years since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power from the late former President Robert Mugabe with the assistance of the military.Mnangagwa promised a break from the past.He proclaimed a zero tolerance to corruption…

Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Concerned

Demystifying false narrative of a 'crisis' in Zimbabwe

For the past few months, Zimbabwe's internal and external detractors have been in overdrive, pushing a concocted narrative that there was a "crisis" in Zimbabwe. This false narrative is premised on among other things, the alleged endemic c…

Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Pardon Muzavavi

False prophets are worsening the Zimbabwe situation

May the 'dollar now' Prophets, politicians and the so called analysts stop prophesying, theorising and hypothesising about our situation. All that we need is a commoner's life where we have affordable basic commodities, electricity and uni…

Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Thomas Murisa

The Herald falsehoods exposed, claims Newsday

ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) has castigated The Herald for abusing and forsaking the tenets of journalism in a desperate attempt to soil the image of NewsDay.This followed a malicious and false report carried by the State-controlled daily ye…

Published: 18 May 2019 at 09:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

New start or a false start?

NATURALLY, there have been mixed reactions to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet. In this piece, we will explore the administration of government and how it can be maximised to achieve its full potential.The elections have come and…

Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Paul Kaseke

A false new dawn for Zimbabwe

The afternoon after Zimbabwe's historic Monday July 30 elections, I was trying to assuage the fears of Jason Burke, the correspondent for the London newspaper, the Guardian, that chaos and violence would ensue any time.The military-dominat…

Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by David B. Moore

Jonathan Moyo's false hope from Malaysia

I have just been reading Deluze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. It's a big book, one quite opaque and thus requiring stout intellect and a liberal outlook to digest it.But a great read once the two authors let yo…

Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:40hrs | 3 | by Igomombe

No to false prophets

They are sprouting and emerging everywhere and your guess is right, I mean the modern prophets. Unmistakable in designer suits and other eye-catching bright coloured attire, the later day men of God are trending. One would be mistaken to t…

Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo Murisa

Beware of the false prophet

MDC President Nelson Chamisa waves his Christian credentials about quite a lot. It is rare that he won't have a series of quotes from the Bible at the tip of his tongue and he will invoke the Lord's name at any given opportunity.While this…

Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Charles Kanye, Student (Theology)

ANC's misleading and false media statement

A misleading and false media statement was issued and published on the African National Congress' website (http://www.anc.org.za) on 5 August. It was stated that "an unprecedented 14 million votes have been cast in favour of the African Na…

Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 09:26hrs | | by Shane Opperman

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